Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE is a British singer of Nigerian and English descent whose career began in the mid-1950s. She is best known for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker...
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth8 January 1937
CityTiger Bay, Wales
run
I'd like to run away from you, but if you didn't come and find me, I would die...
life-and-death tears world
How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears!
wedding years bells
No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years.
nurse wanted show-business
I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of show business.
singing shut-up
When I started singing, I couldn't be shut up.